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FAMILY-OF-ORIGIN & ATTACHMENT PATTERNS

How You Were Raised Is Still Running the Show

The way you learned to get love, avoid conflict, or earn approval as a kid doesn't disappear in adulthood, it shows up in how you date, parent, work, and cope. Understanding those early patterns is often the fastest way to actually change the ones that aren't working for you now.

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How Therapy Helps

We'll look at your family-of-origin, not to assign blame, but to understand the logic behind patterns that made sense once and may not serve you now. From there, we work on building new ones, deliberately. Expect some Socratic questioning along the way, which just means I'll ask you a series of guided questions rather than handing you an answer, so you arrive at the insight yourself and it actually sticks.

What to Expect

This is often slower, more reflective work than a single-issue fix. Expect some psychoeducation about attachment and space to make connections you might not have made before. See the FAQ page for how session frequency usually works.

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Talk to a Jefferson-based anxiety therapist, located just outside of Athens, GA.

CONTACT ME

157 Washington St.

Jefferson, GA 30549

404.348.2770

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